"Democracy is sustainednot by public trust butby public skepticism. Unlesswe are prepared to question,to expose, to challenge andto dissent, we conspire in the demise of the system for which our governments are supposed to be fighting." — George Monbiot (1706–1790)

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"If we could read thesecret history of ourenemies, we should findin each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility." —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)

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"They that can giveup essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neitherliberty nor safety." — Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)

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"A more gloriousvictory cannot be gained over anotherman than this, thatwhen the injury beganon his part, the kindnessshould begin on ours." — John Tillotson (1630–1698)

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"Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind." — John F. Kennedy (1917–1963)

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"True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice." — Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968)

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"Don't join the book burners. Don't think you are going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed." — Dweight Eisenhower (1890–1969)

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